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San Francisco stoner rockers Acid King played a rare NYC one-off back in 2013, but haven't gone on an actual US tour since 2006. That will change this fall, when the band embarks on a run in October that travels from the West Coast to the East Coast and back.

The tour brings them back to NYC on October 25 at Saint Vitus (the same venue they played in 2013) with TBA openers. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (7/24) at noon. All dates are listed below.

The tour's in support of the band's new album, Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere, which came out this past April and is their first new LP in a decade. You can stream it in all its riffy, trippy glory below.

Behemoth frontman Nergal is kind of a badass -- he's an extremely gifted musician and a live-performance powerhouse who's played an important role in putting the potent Polish metal scene on the international map over the past 20 years. He's also a cancer survivor; after his 2010 leukemia diagnosis, he underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Two years later, Behemoth were back on the road and plowing through high-energy live sets like nothing had happened. Again, badass.

Behemoth announced a 2014 release for The Satanist -- their tenth album, and their first in half a decade -- a few months ago. I admittedly haven't been too excited by their last few efforts, but after watching the NSFW video for leadoff single "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" (streaming below), my enthusiasm for the band has been rekindled. It's far moodier and more patient composition than the cluttered, robotic death/black metal that they've produced recently. They can still put the hammer down when they need to, though; the song's final minute is both the catchiest and most intense moment I've heard them produce since the mid-aughts. The video is pretty cool too, especially if you're into artsy black-and-white shots of evil rituals happening in slow motion.

In related news, Behemoth were also recently announced as part of the initial lineup for the 2014 edition of France's Hellfest, which will take place from June 20 through 22 (6/20-6/22). The lineup so far is huge and crazy: there's a "huge rock band" stage, featuring Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Soundgarden, among others; a big-name thrash/black metal stage that spotlights Slayer, Death Angel, Emperor, Iced Earth, Behemoth, and more; a death metal stage that will include Death To All, Carcass, Opeth, Nile, Gorguts, Hail of Bullets, and Weekend Nachos; a smaller black metal stage topped off by Watain, Gorgoroth and 1349; a sludge/stoner stage featuring Electric Wizard, Monster Magnet, Unida, Kylesa, Godflesh, and Clutch; and a punk stage topped by Walls of Jericho, Millencolin, and Turbonegro. Wow. You can reserve tickets now, if you feel like parsing the Google-Translated ticket page.

Check out the Behemoth video and the full set of Hellfest announcements below.

Bay Area doom trio Acid King played a rare one-off NYC area show on February 23rd at Saint Vitus joined by Kings Destroy and Blackout. Pictures of all bands, and high quality video of Acid King is below. Alternatively, you can ALSO stream the entire show online as well.

Invisible Oranges are proud to present Bay Area fuzz destruction from Acid King! The band will play a lone East Coast date in NYC at Saint Vitus on Feb 23, joined by Blackout and one more TBA. Tickets are on sale.

It has been eight years since Acid King last dropped a new LP. Stream all of the massive III as well as their Early Years compilation below.